document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1134367>Question 1134367</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find f(g(x)) and g(f(x)) and determine whether the pair of functions f and g are inverse of each other. <BR>\n" );
document.write( " f(x)= 8x+5 and g(x)= x-5/8 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Use parentheses.  As another tutor on this site likes to say, they are free.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The given functions, as you show them, are<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=f%28x%29=+8x%2B5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"f%28x%29=+8x%2B5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=g%28x%29=+x-5%2F8 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"g%28x%29=+x-5%2F8\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Those function are not inverses of each other.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "But if you put parentheses in the right place(s) in the definitions of the functions, they would be.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Re-post, showing the correct functions. </SPAN>\n" );
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